Sunday, September 7, 2014

Tragedies at Easter....Any Connection.?.

Is there any connection between the observance of Jesus Christ’s
death and resurrection and several tragedies that have occurred around
the time over the years?

Pachipeko was a young man fond of hunting on the
week-ends. Like many other Catholics of the Agra-Delhi Archdiocese, he
had been named by the Italian Capuchin fathers, who made it a point to
christen boys and girls born in the parish with names popular in their
own country. So one found the likes of Leo, Pascal, Classtica, Veronica,
Francisca, Filgensius, Scholastica, Fidelis, Contapa, Petrus, Betus,
Verancio, Paulina, Sanfaroza, Valentina, Cecilia Liguori, Linus and
Pasqina walking about as living examples. Well, whenever Pachipeko went
for a shoot in Gurgaon, his mother-in-law, Dulcina Monica (nicknamed
Dacho Munia) would nag him so much that one day he shot her and then
himself. The tragedy occurred a few days before Easter. After that there
were rumours that the parish priest, Fr. Leo was woken up every night
by Dacho Munia asking him (sic) to pray for her deliverance from
purgatory. Many years later Fr. Leo himself was stabbed to death by his
servant, whom he had caught stealing. This tragedy too took place during
Eastertide.

Not far from Delhi, Father Adeodatus was
murdered by thieves in his room at the Sardhana church built by Begum
Sumroo. That was just after Easter. A bigger Easter-time tragedy took
place at the Taj Mahal, where a British major shot dead his wife and her
paramour on a moonlight night. The event led to another military
officer writing a book, now not available, “Murder at the Taj Mahal”. It
was published in 19th Century London and probably (just a hunch)
inspired T. S. Eliot to write his play “Murder in the Cathedral”.

Another
case is that of a student, Caleb who was shot dead in his hostel room
over a one-sided affair with a bishop’s daughter on one of the 40 days
of Easter. Okhla was the favourite angling spot at one time. It was
there that Cecil killed his wife’s lover after he picked up a fight with
him over the right to fish at a certain spot. After that Cecil went
home and slit his wife’s throat before escaping to Najafgarh, where he
was caught near the jheel with his young sister-in-law, whom he had been
trying to befriend. That happened many years ago and Cecil was hanged
at the old Delhi jail, situated near the Khooni Darwaza, while his
sister-in-law became a nun of the Order of Poor Clairs. But she had to
leave the order after being allegedly bullied by her seniors and ended
up marrying the kind cook attached to the priests’ quarters. The cook
happened to be several years older and had lost his first wife, the
second one (Munni) delivered a daughter who survived them both, but died
as an adolescent in a convent of TB. The strange thing about the “Motia
affair”, as it came to be known (after the cook’s name) was that both
he and his wife died (in different years), one on Maundy Thursday and
the other on Good Friday, while the daughter passed away on Whit-Sunday,
the day Eastertide ends.

A strange story is about
Goodu James who waited for the parish priest to come for Easter blessing
to his house, telling the reverend father that his time was up and he
must die now that Pasca (Easter) had passed. The same night he expired
to the great grief of his wife and daughter (named Khushboo). Even more
stranger was the death of Sushil Wilson, just 25, who was drowned while
rescuing a friend caught in a whirlpool. They had gone fishing in the
ruins of Birbal’s Hans Mahal, near Akbar’s Tomb, where fish is
plentiful, as rohu and barm (eel) take shelter under the broken slabs of
the mahal. Sushil, the only child of his parents, met his end, after
promising his mother enough fish to last till Easter Wednesday. It is
said that the mahal is haunted and anglers often lose their lives in the
quagmire there. However, the biggest Easter time tragedy in
comparatively recent times was the suicide of a dancing girl and her
lover (son of a bullion merchant) in a Delhi park on Alleluia Day
(Saturday before Easter). One of them was a Muslim and the other a
Hindu. Surprisingly enough, they too had ended up at the Christian (and
Jewish) Passover time. Is there any connection with the observance of
Christ’s death and resurrection or are
these just coincidences strung together by kismet, which seemingly leads
to many tragedies at Christmastide too?

i do not know why abhay but 'tis post reminds me of indira gandhi. dey say she had a rudraksh mala around her neck. as long as she wore it she wud b safe, and when she forgot to wear it, tat day she was assassinated. is it a coincidence only?wonderful post dear.

Interesting question. I also know as much as you Iqra. It seems to be a coincidence, but i know that she was told by the priest of Nepal(?), from where she got that Mala, that as long as she wears this NO ONE will be able to harm her. :)

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